Try this: (CFQ) I/O scheduler http://lwn.net/Articles/57732/
Rajesh Munavalli > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Lamprecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:00 PM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: IO bandwidth throttling > > Hi Ben, > > Yes -- I would prefer to let the OS handle his, especially if > it can save me some coding. Is there is a way (under linux) > to limit a certain process's disk utilization? It seems like > nice(1) just modifies the scheduling priority, I'm assuming > this means CPU scheduling. In my case, I'm trying to prevent > a cron task that updates the lucene search index from > consuming the disk, causing the search to slow down. > > -chris > > On 9/1/05, Ben Gollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Lamprecht wrote: > > > I've wanted something similar, for the same purpose -- to keep > > > lucene from consuming disk I/O resources when another process is > > > running on the same machine. > > > > Sorry for jumping in (I'm a Lucene newb) but isn't this > better handled > > by the OS? On a Unix box I would just renice the process or > set some > > ulimits. Adding code to each application that might possibly need > > bandwidth or memory restrictions seems redundant, not to mention a > > chore :) > > > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Ben > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
